Islamic political thought in the medieval ages: a preliminary view

This book represents the link in the chain of the abundant scholarly efforts made by Rozental, so it is no wonder that this book remained for a long time the primary reference for anyone wishing to understand the main features of Islamic political thought, to identify its constituent elements, and to know what has developed in its various arts. And despite Dr. Hamed Rabea's - may Allah have mercy on him - skepticism about Rozental's sincere motives and his accusation of bias towards his Jewish religion, he could only acknowledge the outstanding authoritative status that this book occupied; four decades ago he said: "If we want to seek a scientific presentation of Islamic political thought in its Arab reality, we find nothing but a stance attributed to a Jewish scholar, namely Rozental. Only in that work can we find a complete presentation in a scientific manner that refuses anything but neutral, even if formal, positivist analysis of the various elements of Islamic political thought."